6. To focus on athletes’ mental health:
- A full session was dedicated to mental health. The first draft of a toolkit being produced by the IOC Athletes’ Commission and the IOC Medical and Scientific Commission was discussed, and valuable feedback provided by the participants. The IOC is working on helping to raise more awareness around this topic.
- Presentations on various IOC resources to protect and support the holistic well-being of athletes were given, such as the IOC Safeguarding Toolkit and initiatives on the prevention of competition manipulation and anti-corruption.
7. Support for the Athletes’ Declaration:
- The Athletes’ Right and Responsibilities Declaration was discussed and fully supported with a practical “how to” session, focusing on the implementation of the Athletes’ Declaration across all Olympic Movement stakeholders.
- The participants pledged to work with their respective sporting organisations to adopt and implement the document.
8. To invite athletes to be ambassadors for the Olympic Movement:
- An IOC ambassador programme should be developed to inspire young people, promote the Olympic values and the power of sport in improving people’s lives around the world.
9. To foster engagement and communication among the Athletes’ Commissions’ network:
- The IOC is to launch an Athlete365 app dedicated to athlete representatives: it should facilitate Athletes’ Commissions’ communication around the world, increasing the engagement and the exchanges among them.
- The IOC to invite all athletes’ commission members from all NOCs, IFs, OCOGs and from all Olympic Movement stakeholders to every edition of the IAF.
Tomorrow, 15 April 2019, the IAF will be held together with the World Olympians Forum (WOF). The WOF will kick off officially on the following day and will end on 17 April. This joint session is part of a wider commitment between the World Olympians Association (WOA) and the IOC Athletes’ Commission to collaborate and complement each other in ensuring athletes and Olympians are constantly supported by the IOC and the Olympic Movement at all stages of their lives.